David: Lily... you spoke? How can you speak?
Lily: Bad woman put poison! In the glass!
Chloe: David, she is out of her mind! She is just a child, she does not know what she is saying!
David: Shut up for a second, Chloe! Look at the floor!
The red wine was actively corroding the marble, releasing a faint chemical vapor into the air. David took a step back, his eyes fixed on the white foam bubbling on the ground. He looked up at Chloe, whose face had gone from shocked to completely pale. The quiet house felt suddenly freezing as the truth hung in the air between them.
Chloe: David, listen to me. I poured that wine from the sealed bottle in the kitchen! Why would you listen to a confused little girl?
Lily: I saw her! I saw her put white powder in the bottle!
Chloe: She is making things up! She has always hated me because I replaced her mother!
David: Lily has never lied to me in her entire life. And she has never uttered a full sentence like this before.
Chloe: She is deaf, David! She cannot even hear herself speak! She is clearly copying something she saw on television!
David: You think I am stupid, Chloe? Look at that glass! That is chemical poison!
Chloe: It must be a bad reaction with the marble cleaner! Please, sweetheart, touch my hand. I love you!
Chloe stepped around the dark table, placing herself between David and the door. Her hands were shaking, but her voice was tight with desperation. She reached out toward David's arm, her eyes wide with a frantic mix of fear and greed. Lily pulled on her father's shirt, her tiny fingers clutching the white fabric tightly.
Lily: Dad, stay away from her! She told the phone man you will die tonight!
David: What phone man? Lily, who was she talking to?
Lily: The man about the money! The will money!
Chloe: Stop her from talking, David! She is ruining our life!
David: You twisted, evil woman!
David raised his hand in a flash of raw fury. A sharp slap echoed through the grand dining room as his palm struck Chloe across the face. The force of the blow knocked her off balance, sending her stumbling back against the wall near the American flag. She clutched her red cheek, gasping in shock as tears filled her eyes.
Chloe: You hit me? You hit me for her?
David: Get out of my house before I strangle you with my bare hands!
Chloe: You will regret this, David! You have no proof of anything!
Lily: I have proof! I have the phone!